Biology:Gahnia lanigera
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Gahnia |
| Species: | G. lanigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth., 1878
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Gahnia lanigera, also known as the black grass saw-sedge, desert saw-sedge or little saw-sedge , is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family that is found in southern Australia . The specific epithet lanigera means 'woolly'.
Description
The plant is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial sedge growing up to 45 cm high and 2 m wide, with stiff, narrow, sharp-pointed leaves. The flowers are brown.[1][2] It is a favoured food plant of Antipodia atralba, the black and white skipper butterfly.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in arid parts of southern Western Australia, South Australia, north-western Victoria and western New South Wales where it is found on sandy soils in mallee woodland and heathland, as well as on clayey or granitic loams and coastal dunes.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth. Desert Saw-sedge". Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria. 12 Jan 2021. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/34444d6b-f4e4-40bc-9f63-c6f6944cac9f.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Grazyna Paczkowska (18 November 1993). "Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth. Little Sedge". Western Australian Herbarium. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/906.
- ↑ "black grass saw-sedge". Butterfly Conservation SA Inc.. 2021. https://butterflyconservationsa.net.au/plant/gahnia-lanigera/.
Wikidata ☰ Q15591570 entry
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